King orders to release all those sentenced for carrying tobacco
Latest news from Thimphu confirms that King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk has issues orders to release 16 people who have been jailed for smuggling tobacco. The names of all those sent behind the bars for carrying tobacco is not available at this hours but campaigners for release of monk...
Resettlement figure reaches 59,000
Here is the statement from US embassy in Kathmandu Today, January 30, 2012 the 50,000th Bhutanese refugee will depart for a new life in the United States. At about the same time, the number of this group to be resettled overseas overall will reach approximately 59,000. These two milestones...
Multicultural Australia
The Australian Day, celebrated on January 26 this year, as usual, laid another step towards homogeneity of multicultural communities in Australia. Despite being hundreds of communities living together, the country is advancing and staying calm and peaceful. One of the principles behind ‘One Nation One People’ policy government adopted,...
The helpless people of a democracy
Orong High School has been the case of constant discussion and debate in the country ever since two students died and dozens hospitalised few weeks back. Laboratory tests for food and health tests of the students have not concluded confirming that the cause of death was vitamin deficiency. The...
Additional pain to DNC
The judiciary in Bhutan is still under influences of the autocratic regime of the past upholding verdicts that are intended to crush all possible oppositions in the country. Few days before the death of freedom fighter Rongthong Kunley, his supporters in Bhutan, now serving jail sentence, have been given...
King’s Driglam Namzha
For general public, in early and mid 1990s, national etiquette was like religion in Bhutan. Driglam Namzha was imposed in such a matter that it was the highest ethics and greatest responsibility of the people to obey – even while in farm. Many received fines for not obeying. Did...